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starter issue
heres the story I have 2009 flht
started the bike up sunday seemed to struggle like it does sometimes. like the starter just doesn't have enough power. still has the original battery in it. but was on a tender. rode about 20 miles shut it off. 10 min later went to start and it really struggled. I mean very hard starting to the point I jumped it to get it going. took it back home and shut it off. 5 min later started up fine no problems whasoever. shut it off and started it about 5 times right after it, with no problem. let it run in the driveway for a few minutes and the starter just engaged itself while running. turn in off, now whenever the main switch was turned on and the ignition switch was on it would start by itself with out hitting the start button. I switch the starter relay with the brake relay and It seemed to fixit self with the starting on its own and the drive engaging. let run for a few minutes and the drive engaged by itself while running again with the relay switched out. I plan getting a new battery just don't want tospend all the dough on a starter if I don't need.
thanks
started the bike up sunday seemed to struggle like it does sometimes. like the starter just doesn't have enough power. still has the original battery in it. but was on a tender. rode about 20 miles shut it off. 10 min later went to start and it really struggled. I mean very hard starting to the point I jumped it to get it going. took it back home and shut it off. 5 min later started up fine no problems whasoever. shut it off and started it about 5 times right after it, with no problem. let it run in the driveway for a few minutes and the starter just engaged itself while running. turn in off, now whenever the main switch was turned on and the ignition switch was on it would start by itself with out hitting the start button. I switch the starter relay with the brake relay and It seemed to fixit self with the starting on its own and the drive engaging. let run for a few minutes and the drive engaged by itself while running again with the relay switched out. I plan getting a new battery just don't want tospend all the dough on a starter if I don't need.
thanks
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I had a problem with my compensator as well, I heard it was a big problem on the 2007 bikes, when I would go to start the bike it almost sounded like the starter was going to fall off, you could maybe check that too.
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Battery, replace it.
My Dad has a 09 Ultra and it has always been a slow cranker and would kick back time to time. Of course when new and covered by warranty he had it all checked out and it was fine and this is "normal".
Just last November he decided that even though the battery is still testing good he was replacing. Guess what ?? Every issue with slow cranking, starter kick back and such is gone.
We just figure his factory battery was low on the cranking amps or not as powerful as it was supposed to be.
He rides almost every day and probably starts and stops the bike 6-8 times a day. That is a lot of starting !! Bike has 70k.
My Dad has a 09 Ultra and it has always been a slow cranker and would kick back time to time. Of course when new and covered by warranty he had it all checked out and it was fine and this is "normal".
Just last November he decided that even though the battery is still testing good he was replacing. Guess what ?? Every issue with slow cranking, starter kick back and such is gone.
We just figure his factory battery was low on the cranking amps or not as powerful as it was supposed to be.
He rides almost every day and probably starts and stops the bike 6-8 times a day. That is a lot of starting !! Bike has 70k.
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heres the story I have 2009 flht
started the bike up sunday seemed to struggle like it does sometimes. like the starter just doesn't have enough power. still has the original battery in it. but was on a tender. rode about 20 miles shut it off. 10 min later went to start and it really struggled. I mean very hard starting to the point I jumped it to get it going. took it back home and shut it off. 5 min later started up fine no problems whasoever. shut it off and started it about 5 times right after it, with no problem. let it run in the driveway for a few minutes and the starter just engaged itself while running. turn in off, now whenever the main switch was turned on and the ignition switch was on it would start by itself with out hitting the start button. I switch the starter relay with the brake relay and It seemed to fixit self with the starting on its own and the drive engaging. let run for a few minutes and the drive engaged by itself while running again with the relay switched out. I plan getting a new battery just don't want tospend all the dough on a starter if I don't need.
thanks
started the bike up sunday seemed to struggle like it does sometimes. like the starter just doesn't have enough power. still has the original battery in it. but was on a tender. rode about 20 miles shut it off. 10 min later went to start and it really struggled. I mean very hard starting to the point I jumped it to get it going. took it back home and shut it off. 5 min later started up fine no problems whasoever. shut it off and started it about 5 times right after it, with no problem. let it run in the driveway for a few minutes and the starter just engaged itself while running. turn in off, now whenever the main switch was turned on and the ignition switch was on it would start by itself with out hitting the start button. I switch the starter relay with the brake relay and It seemed to fixit self with the starting on its own and the drive engaging. let run for a few minutes and the drive engaged by itself while running again with the relay switched out. I plan getting a new battery just don't want tospend all the dough on a starter if I don't need.
thanks
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...and to jump a battery, results in your charging system straining full out not only run the bike, but trying to charge a battery that won't take a charge.
( this is like dragging an anchor around)
and can damage the charging system.
a $100 problem becomes a $600 problem
so:
take the battery out
charge it with a battery charger (not tender) overnight, then load test it at autozone.
while it is out check your cables are tight at BOTH ends and that they are not corroded
if battery checks out good, then you may have a bad charging system easy diagnostics checks in the manual or threads on forums
mike
( this is like dragging an anchor around)
and can damage the charging system.
a $100 problem becomes a $600 problem
so:
take the battery out
charge it with a battery charger (not tender) overnight, then load test it at autozone.
while it is out check your cables are tight at BOTH ends and that they are not corroded
if battery checks out good, then you may have a bad charging system easy diagnostics checks in the manual or threads on forums
mike
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Battery, replace it.
My Dad has a 09 Ultra and it has always been a slow cranker and would kick back time to time. Of course when new and covered by warranty he had it all checked out and it was fine and this is "normal".
Just last November he decided that even though the battery is still testing good he was replacing. Guess what ?? Every issue with slow cranking, starter kick back and such is gone.
We just figure his factory battery was low on the cranking amps or not as powerful as it was supposed to be.
He rides almost every day and probably starts and stops the bike 6-8 times a day. That is a lot of starting !! Bike has 70k.
My Dad has a 09 Ultra and it has always been a slow cranker and would kick back time to time. Of course when new and covered by warranty he had it all checked out and it was fine and this is "normal".
Just last November he decided that even though the battery is still testing good he was replacing. Guess what ?? Every issue with slow cranking, starter kick back and such is gone.
We just figure his factory battery was low on the cranking amps or not as powerful as it was supposed to be.
He rides almost every day and probably starts and stops the bike 6-8 times a day. That is a lot of starting !! Bike has 70k.